"Language matters. Show respect for transgender people by using proper pronouns--their pronouns" [click on this image to find an insightful short clip featuring a number of trans activists answering the question, "How do you describe your gender identity?"] Artist: Sam M. (http://alphabonesoup.tumblr.com/post/47701756403)

10 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started My Transition

10 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started My Transition | by Annika Penelope, HuffPost | Interesting article from a trans woman's perspective about unexpected aspects of being treated like a woman in society and saying "goodbye to male privilege"

Happy Black History Month! Marsha P Johnson and why she rules She was an American transgender rights activist, Queen of Stonewall and Transgender Revolutionary. She was a co-founder, Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.) in the early 1970s and became the “mother” of S.T.A.R. House along with Sylvia Rivera, getting together food and clothing to help support the young trans women living in the house on the lower East Side of New York.